Frances Hamilton

Frances Hamilton is an Associate Professor at the University of Reading Law School where she leading EU law and Law and Society modules. She also teaches on the optional Gender and Law module. She pursues research around the area of Gender Sexuality and the Law concentrating on three projects relating to (1) LGBTQ+ International Academic Mobility, (2) Tackling Gender Pay gaps and (3) European Court of Human Rights law and European Union law approaches to same-sex marriage recognition.  

Dr Frances Hamilton’s award winning impact work includes the development of the LGBTQ+ travel tool LGBTQ+ International Travel Tool (lgbtqtraveltool.com)  This has led to many positive responses including from over 30 universities nationwide and following invitation she has presented at the Universities Colleges Union, the International Trade Centre, the Universities Safety and Health Association and the Society of Research into Higher Education. She has held visiting positions at the University of Pisa and has a successful bidding record with funding achieved from the Journal of Legal History, the Socio-Legal Studies Association, the Society of Legal Scholars, University of Reading impact funding and Northumbria University VC Diversity and Inclusion funding. She is also appointed as a Gender Equality Expert on a project funded by Horizon Europe. Prior to joining Reading, she was a Senior Lecturer in Law at Northumbria University, where she taught Gender Sexuality and the Law and acted as co-convenor of the Gender Sexuality and the Law Research Interest Group where she co-organised over 20 international national and regional events. Prior to this Dr Frances Hamilton worked as a qualified solicitor in City of London firms Lovells LLP (now Hogan Lovells LLP) and Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP.